Dhammapada
The Sayings of the Buddha
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- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2008
Summary
The Dhammapada, the Pali version of one of the most popular texts of the Buddhist canon, ranks among the classics of the world’s great religious literature. Like all religious texts in Pali, the Dhammapada belongs to the Therevâda school of the Buddhist tradition, adherents of which are now found primarily in Kampuchea, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Dhammapada, or ‘sayings of the dhamma’, is taken to be a collection of the utterances of the Buddha himself. Taken together, th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199555130 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199555133 |
| Author: | John Ross Carter, Mahinda Palihawadana |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 87g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 6mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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Critics Review
Far surpasses any previous translation of the Dhammapada in terms of its scope and contextual accuracy. Carter and Palihawadana have not only proivde a fresh English translation of the Pali but a transliteration of the Dhammapada (which makes it eminently useful for students of Pali) and, most impressively, a translation of the exhaustive and extremely commentarial Pali Dhammapadatthakatha….This, then, is a work of wide scholarly magnitude and great philological erudition. * Religious Studies Review *
About The Author
John Ross Carter
Carter is professor of philosophy and religion at Colgate University, and director of the Fund for the Study of the Religions of the World.
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